Author: Geoff Candy

  • UBS GAM launches new US focused fixed income ETF

    UBS GAM launches new US focused fixed income ETF

    UBS Global Asset Management has launched three new fixed income ETFs that provide exposure to the Barclays US Liquid Corporates index.

  • Be wary of high dividend yields Barnett

    Be wary of high dividend yields Barnett

    In the current low wage growth, low deposit environment, Invesco Perpetual UK equity head, Mark Barnett has warned investors to avoid falling for the yield trap.

  • Autumn Statement key takeaways three short videos

    Autumn Statement key takeaways three short videos

    Three cut-out and keep videos unpacking the major investment and technical themes from this year's Autumn Statement.

  • QE hopes quashed as oil keeps Draghi cautious

    QE hopes quashed as oil keeps Draghi cautious

    Bond yields and the euro jumped, while European shares fell after ECB president, Mario Draghi, provided investors with little direction as to when the European Central Bank would engage in full quantitative easing.

  • RDR had positive impact advisers say

    RDR had positive impact advisers say

    A growing number of financial advisers believe that the Retail Distribution Review has had a positive impact on the overall quality of financial advice, new research from Schroders has revealed.

  • The guidance guarantee gateway

    The guidance guarantee gateway

    The Financial Conduct Authority has halved the guidance guarantee levy applicable to financial advisers, but the need and demand for good quality financial advice is only going to go up.

  • Jupiter Merlin rejuvenates favoured manager list

    Jupiter Merlin rejuvenates favoured manager list

    Jupiters Merlin multi-manager team has rejuvenated its buy list over the course of the last 12 months or so, with the inclusion of nine new managers.

  • Wellian agrees partnership with Throgmorton

    Wellian agrees partnership with Throgmorton

    Wellian Investment Solutions recently agreed outsourcing partnership with Throgmorton Private Capital is the latest in a lengthy line of new partnerships signed by the DFM over the course of 2014.

  • Confidence key  IMA

    Confidence key IMA

    Investment management should sit at the heart of pensions delivery, argues the IMAs Jonathan Lipkin.

  • Contrarian opportunities for 2015 Fidelity

    Contrarian opportunities for 2015 Fidelity

    Alex Wright, manager of the Fidelity Special Situations Fund looks ahead to 2015 and contrarian opportunities it is likely to present.

  • Dont write off small clients just yet

    Dont write off small clients just yet

    The prospect of a looming advice gap at the lower end of the financial spectrum is a rather well-trodden narrative path among both the industry and financial journalists. But, what is perhaps less well understood is the manner in which technology is likely to play a role.

  • European growth slump levelling out Coutts

    European growth slump levelling out Coutts

    While headwinds to the recovery remain, Alan Higgins, UK CIO at Coutts believes that Europes economic recovery will be sustained and will provide a catalyst for earnings growth recovery in the region as well.